There are lots of lovely and meaningful ways to engage first level learners in numeracy and maths outdoors, allowing them to explore the maths that are all around us. Below, are some lesson plans, along with accompanying resources which early level teachers can carry out in their school grounds or that can be shared with parents to carry out in their own spaces.
We have recently added MNU planners which are the result of collaboration between LOST and the SAC Numeracy team. Each planner is based on a theme and covers a variety of CfE Es and Os across the Maths and Numeracy Curriculum.
SAC Numeracy and LOST Planner First Level OL and Maths Walk Teacher Planner
SAC Numeracy and LOST Planner First Level OL and Maths Walk Parent Planner
Exploring Shapes, Accompanying Sheet 1 and Accompanying Sheet 2
Materials for a comic strip and shape
Division – Sharing and Grouping
Information Handling – Tally Charts and Bar Graphs
Making Shapes from Natural Materials
Autumn – Add MNU to The Daily Mile
Autumn – IDL Game, Touch 3 Then Me
We have created a suite of IDL materials linked to books and novels which have a strong environmental theme. Each of the Literacy Out of the Box resources provide suggestions for activities for all 8 curricular areas including Numeracy and Maths.
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